Sunday, August 25, 2013

Does Your iPhone Use As Much Electricity as a New Refrigerator? Not Even Close.

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For 14 years, the coal industry has been pushing the myth the Internet is an energy hog. For 14 years, I (and other scientists) have been debunking that myth.  Last week, I promised a detailed debunking of the iPhone=Refrigerator calculation from Dr. Jon Koomey, the world’s foremost authority on the electricity consumption of the Internet.  Here it is — Joe Romm.

Does Your iPhone Use As Much Electricity as a New Refrigerator?  Not Even Close. - by Jonathan Koomey

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